Cheikh Lô has been a sensation on the World Music™ scene since the release of his album Né la Thiass , produced by Youssou N'Dour ...

Bonne Année! Sixty-six minutes of red-hot Mbalax from Senegal's master of the sabar , Mbaye Dieye Faye, help us kick off the New Ye...

As promised, here is another "live" recording by Youssou N'Dour & le Super Etoile de Dakar, the cassette Live Olympia (Pr...

Thanks to Aduna for posting Show!!! A Abidjan (1983), a rare live LP by Senegal's Youssou N'Dour. I was inspired to post a coupl...

This week I'm embarking on yet another Spring Break College Tour, this time with my younger daughter Ify. As you may recall , the last ...

We're all thrilled that Matt Yanchyshyn is back on the scene and posting once more on his blog, Benn Loxo du Taccu , after a long hiatus...

Barely known to me until I picked up a few of her CDs in NYC's Little Senegal a few weeks ago, Fatou Laobé is a huge star in Senegal, a...

Idrissa Diop's LP Femme Noire (Volume LK 0188, 1987) is complimentary, and a companion of sorts, to Seydina Insa Wade's Yoff (Disq...

I ordered Seydina Insa Wade's LP Yoff (Disques Esperance ESP 8415, 1985) from Sterns many years ago not knowing anything about the alb...

Remember back in the early '80s when King Sunny Adé hit the scene in America? Not only was he said to be the next Bob Marley, the record...

What is the deal with Moos, over at Global Groove ? Can he read my mind? As I noted here , I had wanted to post the LP Somo Somo , but Moos ...

You may think that since I write this blog about African music that's all I listen to in my everyday existence. Actually, no. Like most...

I've recently returned from something that's become a ritual for many parents of high school juniors: The Spring Break College Tour ...

Like Kiné Lam and Daro Mbaye , Ndeye Mbaye is a veteran of the Ensemble Lyrique Traditionel of Senegal's esteemed Daniel Sorano Nation...

Liitaal , by Aby Ngana Diop, is one of those recordings that sneaks up behind you, knocks you upside the head with a two-by-four, and leaves...

Although I love the new generation of female vocalists out of Senegal - ladies like Viviane and Aby Ndour - there's still a special p...

One thing that's always irritated me about the whole "World Music™" thing is the tendency to reduce whole genres of music to o...